Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

The Effect of Walking on Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Zijun Xu

This systematic review pooled 75 randomized trials with 8,636 people to see if walking changes symptoms of depression and anxiety. In adults, walking reduced depressive symptoms (SMD −0.591, 95% CI −0.778 to −0.403, P

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Trauma‐informed or sensory‐based practices in preschool settings: A scoping review

Richard Hockey, Kelsey Philpott‐Robinson, Kirsti Haracz, Karen Ray

This scoping review searched six databases using PRISMA-ScR guidelines for studies about trauma-informed and sensory-based practices in preschools. The authors found 18 journal articles, mostly from the United States. Most studies described trauma-informed approaches built into daily routines, while fewer tested sensory-based programs that ran for set periods. Most supports…

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